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MALE CHAUVINIST PIGS SPEAK -OUT
Prodded by Barbara Lane Farley
"I believe in equal pay for equal
work but..(l) I never had a male
secretary!" (2)1 don't hire women in
my business."
"Women's Lib is OK by me. I'm gonna
retire and let my wife support me.
Hee Haw! (Could he live on the salary our society allows women and his
wife to make?)
"I don't want my wife to work."
(What does he think she does now-
at home?)
"Women are too emotional
responsible jobs." ( Yet
than women (1) commit suicide,(2)be-
come insane,(3) become alcoholic,
(4) commit violent "emotional"crimes,
and (5) succumb to illnesses, such
as ulcers, high blood pressure, and
heart attack, which are aggravated
if not induced by excessive emotion.
to handle
more men
"Women marry to have a meal ticket."
(If he really believes this he (1)
should never marry or (2) should be
strongly supporting women workers in
their drive for equal employment
opportunities.)
NATIONAL BOARD
KNOCKS SEXISM
The National Organization for
Women called Houston a city of the
past in its sexist attitudes. The
charge was made at a press conference January 18 in Houston.
The session with the press
concluded a three-day meeting in
Houston (January 15-17) of the NOW
national board of directors. Aileen
Hernandez, national president, said:
"Houston ranks Number 1—actually
46 of 46 cities— in sex discrimination, according to information
compiled by the Equal Employment
Opportunities Commission hearings
held here last summer."
The national officers also
called for a fair and just trial
for black militant scholar Angela
Davis, charged with murder in
California.
NOW officers also condemned the
inhumane, insensitive statements of
Vice President Spiro Agnew who
virtually recommended forced sterilization for welfare mothers In a
recent California speech.
Wilma Scott Heide, Chairwoman
of the NOW Board, said: "Perhaps
the Vice President, as a man, should
consider the responsibility of males
for unwanted pregnancies and suggest
vasectomies as a solution."
NOW officers also blasted the
rigid and blatant sex discrimina
tion that is apparently national
policy for American Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
A dramatic example of that company's sexist policies and reluctance to obey the laws of this
country is the case of Lorena Weeks
of Wadley, Georgia.
Southern Bell Telephone Company continues to deny Ms. Weeks
a switchman job six years after
her application and a full two
years after the Fifth Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled in her favor in a
suit brought by NOW attorney Sylvia
Roberts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.